Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:45PM 
SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi... Northwestern Yalobusha County in northwestern Mississippi... East central Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi... Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Curtis Station, or 8 miles west of Batesville, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Batesville, Water Valley, George Payne State Park, Marks, Sardis, Pope, Springdale, Curtis Station, Burgess, Pleasant Grove, Courtland, Taylor, Shuford, Mims, Riverview, Asa, Ballentine, Hinchcliff, Locke Station, and Horatio. This includes Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 229 and 252.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAFAYETTE, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
City of Oxford, MS
107 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-232-8073
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP OXFORDMS followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
